Sometimes actions can have the opposite effect of what they were supposed to have. For instance, we have a client who owns a 2-acre parcel. Ideally, he wanted to keep the parcel as one lot with minimal improvements. However, the Town decided to upzone his property from half acre zoning to two acre zoning, which would heavily impact his ability to sub-divide in the future. In order for him to maintain his half acre zoning, he had to submit a sub-division plan to the Planning Board, which, once endorsed, would freeze the half acre zoning for 8 years. At the end of the 8 years, if he and\/or an entity he controlled still owned the contiguous lots, they would merge. To prevent this, he would have to sell every other lot before the 8 years are up so he no longer owned contiguous lots and therefore, there is no way for them to merge. So, that is what we are doing. If the upzone did not happen, our client would have left the property as one, 2-acre lot. Instead, he sub-divided it into four, .5-acre lots to protect his property value. A zoning change that was supposed to decrease density, actually increased density. <\/p>\n
Remember what happened when the Town announced there was going to be a building cap to curb development? Everyone, even those who had no intention of building in the near future, got a building permit before the deadline. <\/p>\n
What would you do if Something Natural said they would stop selling Portuguese bread tomorrow because supplies were getting low? Right, you would buy two loaves today! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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